Marissa Alter
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MORE TROCONIS: Michelle Troconis' family spoke briefly after the hearing about their continued push to get her conviction overturned. Troconis filed a habeus corpus petition, alleging violations of her consitutional rights during the Jennifer Dulos investigation.
@News12CT
1:58 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Carlos Troconis: "My daughter's wrongful conviction resulted from a violation of her constitutional rights, ineffective counsel & denial of due process. The state failed to perform on the agreement in exchange for her cooperation. Another suspect was granted immunity."
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2:01 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Daniela Troconis: "My sister is innocent, and she's paying the price of the crimes of others. Critical evidence to her defense was excluded from the trial, leading to a misinformed jury & an unjust conviction. What you think you know about my sister is a fabrication."
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2:03 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Marisela Troconis: "Even in incarceration, my sister continues to bring light & her lifelong dedication to serving others by learning Braille to transcribe books for visually impaired children in CT. She remains a caring presence even under difficult circumstances."
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2:05 PM · Nov 13, 2024
BREAKING: Michelle Troconis’ trial in the contempt case has been set for March 11. Troconis didn’t waive her right to a jury trial yet, but her attorney Robert Frost said it’s likely she will go with a bench trial.
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11:43 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Troconis is accused of displaying a sealed custody report from the Dulos divorce case on her laptop during her trial in connection to the disappearance and death of Jennifer Dulos.
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11:45 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Troconis appeared in Stamford Superior Court today for a hearing in the case regarding motions filed by the defense. One was to subpoena the videographer that recorded the trial, who lives in Massachusetts. To testify for the defense at trial. That was granted.
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11:47 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Another motion had to do with a request for a “bill of particulars,” and whether the state is alleging the crime was Troconis’ mere possession of the report or her publicly displaying it with purpose of getting that information out.
@News12CT
11:50 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Asst. State’s Attorney Elizabeth Moran said the state will be moving forward with both theories at trial.
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11:52 AM · Nov 13, 2024
The defense also requested a copy of court orders sealing the report, which Moran said she’ll work on getting to them.
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11:55 AM · Nov 13, 2024
Of particular note, defense attorney Robert Frost saying, “I’m surprised this is still being pursued.” His belief is this charge all boils down to the videographer shooting something he was told not to, Troconis’ laptop.
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12:00 PM · Nov 13, 2024
Moran disputed that, saying the case isn’t just about that. She pointed out the state was alerted to the report by an audience member in court, not from someone who saw the livestream. It was only when the state investigated that they saw the report on the livestream.
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12:06 PM · Nov 13, 2024
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ETA: So much for news over the past months that the parties had been negotiating in good faith for a resolution when defense attorney Frost is now requesting a copy of the Court Order sealing the (Herman) report...
Is Frost playing dumb or was this just more arrogance that follows team Troconis that they could get the charges against poor MT dismissed?
FWIW my guess is Atty Frosty is simply another dumb and lazy member of the CT Bar simply following the orders of his client/s and just like all the other members of his lazy brethren on the sorry case of MT is simply trying to get access to the discredited report by any means possible such that it can be admitted into evidence and then used for whatever purposes MT and Mama Troconis wanted the report used in their 'defense' of the Duchess of York.
I personally don't believe that MT, her attorneys or her family will rest until the discredited report is made public via legal or illegal means (exhibit 1 the MT display on her computer screen in court and on live stream she knew was present) and they have the opportunity to continue their now 5 year campaign to slander and defame the victim that their daughter/sister conspired to MURDER.
No CT Judge has stepped up to do the right thing and impose a gag order on MT or her extended family as it relates to the discredited report or this case for that matter and I've long thought this was shameful.
So, SHAME on Judge Heller, Judge Blawie, Judge White, Judge Randolph and now Judge Hernandez. SHAME also on the absent "Victims Services Advocate" in CT who also did nothing to safeguard the contents of a sealed Family Court Document. SHAME on the sorry CT attorneys Norm Pattis, Jon Schoenhorn, Audrey Felson/en, Michael Rose, GAL Michael Meehan who all did their level best to get as much of the report into the Court record and public domain as they could even knowing it was SEALED. Special shout out for the disgraceful and imo unlawful behavior of Atty Michael Rose and GAL Michael Meehan who disregarded the guidelines imposed by Judge Heller on the report in Family Court and made it possible for the report to fall into the hands of Fotis Dulos and Michelle Troconis. Neither of these despicable attorneys was ever reported to the CT Bar and the CT States Attorneys and Judge Heller did zero to sanction their behavior either.
All these Judges, so called legal professionals along with the CT States Attorneys Manning, Moran and McGuiness imo have done ZERO to protect the murder victim, Jennifer Farber and her still living children from the ongoing references, leaks from attorneys and in Court displays on computer screens of the discredited report. What has been seen and heard from the so called legal professionals with regard to the discredited report imo countermands Judicial Orders in place (from Judges Heller, Blawie and Randolph) going back to the time of Judge Heller in Family Court and yet no sanctions or referral to CT Bar for discipline. Who can ever forget the disgraceful behavior of Audrey Felson/en in her cross of GAL Meehan and Atty Rose where an enraged Judge Randolph accused her of "crossing a double yellow line"! Not a peep from the States Atty during that performance by Atty Felson/en although I do think Atty Manning might have stood up for a second in Court. But Atty Manning NEVER sent any of the Horn or Felson/en behavior for referral for discipline and as we saw, Judge Randolph himself did zero to maintain the integrity of his ruling about the discredited report and maintain order even in his own courtroom. It was disgusting and wrong also imo to watch this all play out in front of the jury imo.
I made the personal decision long ago in this case to not speculate on the contents of the discredited report and frankly don't give much time to trying to puzzle out the disordered minds of MT and Mama Troconis. But, to continue to hear the imo equally disordered statements from members of the Troconis clan yet again spewing their lies aka as mis and disinformation (both exist imo from MT and Troconis clan) about "key evidence" not being admitted and then to see it reported/reposted by the local Press (Marisa Alter in this example via tweets) to trial has my blood boiling.
Marisa Alter who works for Channel 12 has been one of the few local reporters who are out and about in CT daily and I have long appreciated her coverage and presence, as to say the media landscape in CT is bleak would be an understatement. Marisa covers local stories that nobody else reports on and as it relates to Fairfield County at least she is really 1 of 1 out on the streets. It pains me to voice criticism of her latest actions but I've had enough after listening to the lies of the Troconis clan now for 5 years. IMO just because someone is saying something doesn't mean it has to be printed by the Press. BUT, if the Press does choose to print a statement then please put it in context providing a simple recitation of the facts so that the reader of said article can themselves assess the statements being spewed by the group of family members angry that their daughter/sister was held accountable by a jury for her actions following a long trial.
BUT, reading the family quotes presented in the
@Seattle1 post above from Marisa I have to admit to being more than a bit angry as imo if there is anyone that has been covering this tragic case from Day 1, as Marisa has been, and who has read as many case documents and sat through the entire trial as Marisa did, to then continue to post aka 'reposting' statements from the Troconis family that imo she well knows to be false frankly in my book sadly makes her reporting on par with the likes of Shannon Miller of NBC CT or the various Hearst publications that simply spent years spewing the direct statements of first Pattis and then Horn.
The family have the right to say what they will within the confines of US laws but I do think the Press (loosely defined imo in the form of the CT Media landscape) have the obligation to 'fact check' and not provide a forum for the dissemination of mis and disinformation imo.
Marisa Alter in the case of this latest posting/article, chose to 'repost' the quotes from the Troconis family with zero context or qualification and imo this gives the reader of her reposting the false impression that MT was not only false accused but falsely convicted. No mention of the six charges that MT was charged and convicted of or that a jury of her peers unanimously convicted her on those 6 charges. Frankly imo this is on par with disgraceful behavior seen on air from Shannon Miller who cried following the verdict with MT convicted on all six charges.
Words matter imo, context matters, facts matter, truth matters and yet the Press such as seen in this article from Marisa Alter continues to simply focus on statements from the Troconis family that represent "their truth" BUT NOT THE TRUTH as determined by a Jury. Marisa knows all this AND YET we see these ongoing statements from the Troconis family not placed in context for readers who haven't been following this sorry case since day 1 and understand the facts of the case. Honestly, do better Marisa as this reposting article imo makes you look no better than a hired PR person from the Troconis family and by extension MT!
I guess I'm simply tired of ongoing sloppiness from the Media and I don't believe the Media have the obligation to print all that is said but if they do chose to print a quote then make an attempt to provide context and fact checking simply out of respect to the readers. Sadly its really a case of 'reader beware always' as it relates to MSM and I never thought I would be here saying it about Marisa Alter too but we are there unfortunately.
Marisa had the choice to NOT LIVE TWEET comments from the Troconis clan with no context and could have waited imo to do a proper article with context but didn't. So, the unknowing public just heard 'the personal truth' of the Troconis family members rather than 'the truth' putting their commentary and views in context of the convicted felon MT and the associated trial.
MOO
